Uusinta Ensemble & Ánnámáret

“My hope is to bring a little bit of the land to future musicians through this piece.” -Tanya Tagac

Forging a connection with nature, Uusinta Ensemble are joined by Sámi artist Ánnámáret, whose collaboration with Spanish-Finnish composer Jaime Belmonte has produced an amicable collaborative alliance between Western contemporary music and traditional joik, titled Ráidu. Ánnámáret also performs her own solo luohti. Tanya Tagac, a vocal and electronic music creator whose roots are in the Inuit culture of Canada, wrote Sivunittinni originally for throat singing. The premiere work on the programme is by Jouni Hirvelä and is inspired by gagaku, ancient Japanese courtly music that is the oldest known type of orchestral music. The work reflects the static sound of the Sho organ, which may be interpreted as a metaphor for the melding of mind and nature.